association cortex

Question 1

Interaction with the environment requires the integration of different aspects of experience including:

Answer 1

Sensory input

Visual input

Tactile input

Auditory input

Gustatory and olfactory input

Body-related information

Mental state

Question 2

Mental state

Answer 2

memory, intentions, affectivity

Question 3

Body-related information

Answer 3

proprioception and information related to position in space

Question 4

interaction with environment requires a

Answer 4

hierarchical processing of information, stating from elementary aspects (color, orientation of contours) up to generation of complex percepts

Question 5

Organization of cerebral cortex reflex hierarchically need – traditionally the following:

Answer 5

“primary” areas –> Unimodal associative areas –> Multimodal associative are

Question 6

“primary” areas

Answer 6

(primary somatosensory cortex, primary auditory cortex, etc) where…

The perception of elementary characteristics of stimuli occurs or

From where the chain of neurons that leads to the contraction of muscle groups originates

Question 7

Unimodal associative areas

Answer 7

(ex. V2) where information, related to the same sensory modality, converges, but conveys information that is different from each other (ex. Contour and color)

Question 8

Multimodal associative area

Answer 8

where information related to different sensory modalities and mental state converge which allows complex behaviors to be enacted

Question 9

Three main associative areas can be recognized:

Answer 9

Anterior (prefrontal cortex)

Posterior (temporo-parietal-occipital cortex)

limbic system